ASEAN Economic Community: the shift from absolute to relative poverty, and the rise of the middle class

Q4 Economics, Econometrics and Finance
B. Jetin
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In 2015 ASEAN has become a community which rests on three pillars: political-security, economic and social-cultural (Jetin and Mikic, 2016). The underlying assumption is that economic development will be fostered by a regional integration deepening, namely a “single market and single production base” which should lead to a convergence of social-cultural development thanks to a catching up process of the late-comers and poorest member states vis-à-vis the more advanced ASEAN Member States (AMS) (Jetin, B. 2016a). This implies a convergence of living standards and a strong decline of poverty. The purpose of this paper is precisely to verify the existence of such a process of convergence among AMS and the nature of this convergence. Which countries are converging? How did poverty evolve and what is the social dynamics implied? Section 1 checks if the existence of ASEAN has favoured a process of convergence of living standards or in other terms a reduction of inequality between countries. In section 2, we show that in several ASEAN countries, absolute poverty has receded but has been replaced by relative, poverty which creates its own set of expectations and potential frustrations. Finally, in section 3, we focus on the emergence of the middle classes and their potential effect on the socio-economic dynamic of ASEAN countries.
东盟经济共同体:从绝对贫困到相对贫困的转变,以及中产阶级的崛起
2015年,东盟已成为一个基于三大支柱的共同体:政治安全、经济和社会文化(Jetin and Mikic, 2016)。潜在的假设是,经济发展将通过区域一体化的深化来促进,即“单一市场和单一生产基地”,由于后发国家和最贫穷的成员国对-à-vis更先进的东盟成员国(AMS)的追赶过程,这将导致社会文化发展的趋同(Jetin, B. 2016a)。这意味着生活水平的趋同和贫困的大幅减少。本文的目的正是为了验证AMS之间是否存在这种收敛过程,以及这种收敛的性质。哪些国家正在趋同?贫困是如何演变的,其隐含的社会动力是什么?第1节检查东盟的存在是否有利于生活水平趋同的进程,或者换句话说,是否有利于减少国家之间的不平等。在第2节中,我们表明,在几个东盟国家,绝对贫困已经消退,但已被相对贫困所取代,相对贫困产生了自己的一套期望和潜在的挫折。最后,在第3节中,我们将重点关注中产阶级的出现及其对东盟国家社会经济动态的潜在影响。
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Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis
Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Finance
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis (JBVELA) is a refereed academic journal that publishes continuously throughout the year and is co-edited by Bradley Ewing and James Hoffman. The mission of the Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis is to improve the practice of business valuation, economic loss analysis, and risk management by helping to inform academics, practitioners, and attorneys about theoretical and practical developments in these fields.
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